In the middle of the garden | In the middle of the garden the flower that I desire

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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Au milieu du jardin la fleur que je...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Au milieu du jardin la fleur que je désire
s' entr' ouvre en ce moment,
et la brise tout bas sous les tilleuls soupire
dans un frissonnement.

Errant entre ses bords, sur le gravier encore
l' eau brillante bruit,
mais le rayon du jour, hélas! Qui s' évapore
va céder à la nuit.

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Text Authorship:

by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, written 1899-1901, appears in Les Stances, in 6. Stances, sixième livre, no. 6, Paris, Éd. de la Plume, first published 1901 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Au milieu du jardin", 1927, published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Sonatines vocales sur des poèmes de Jean Moréas - 2. Fleurs, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "La Fleur que je désire" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Au milieu du jardin", P. 90 no. 3 (1909), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sei liriche, prima serie, no. 3, Milan, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "In the middle of the garden", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Mitten im Garten öffnet sich gerade jene Blüte", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

In the middle of the garden

Language: English after the French (Français)

In the middle of the garden the flower that I desire
begins to open at this moment,
and the breeze in a whisper sighs beneath the lime trees
in a shiver.

Wandering between its banks, the shining water 
still moistens the gravel,
but the day's ray, alas! which evaporates
will give way to the night.

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, written 1899-1901, appears in Les Stances, in 6. Stances, sixième livre, no. 6, Paris, Éd. de la Plume, first published 1901
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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 55